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Subject: Re: I have a file named "-"
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Date: 3 Mar 91 01:31:03 GMT
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When the rm command parses the command line, all arguments after the
first nonoption argument are interpreted as file names.  Thus
  "rm foo -" would remove your "-" file, where foo is an nonexistent file.

John